Pet allergies

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pssh baby better off without the dog around... lol other way around the baby can find a new home instead adoption agencies are supposed to be so low on kids claim the pro-lifers, my furry ones were here first. who cares if they resent you your cats will stick around when you're elderly longer than your brat will anyways. even the nicest, coddliest, caring parents get thrown in the home sometimes don't know where they get the delusion they're somehow exempt rofflmao.

I have a 15month old and she has developed an allergy, we think, to cat hair? At first we had abed which was at lower in our last house and our cat was on it everyday and her sinuses for really blocked a lot of the time. Now that we've moved house and our bed is much higher and cat not on bed at all she has deloveped very itchy feet at nite when going to sleep???? so were thinkin it's because she was around in house with barefoot on wooden floors where there can be big clumps of Catharine sutures in the corners of the room. Any opinions and Help would much appreciated!!!!!

I have had allergies all my life and was not allowed pets as a child. As a teen, I took in every stray cat and small animal I could. As as adult, I have multiple indoor pets. I am still allergic and take medications to control symptoms. I like to say I chose to control my allergies, not let them control me.

I rasied 4 kids, all with at least some allergy symptoms. None as bad as mine. We always had pets. One of my kids has some resentment about having symptoms., mostly as a teen. One is going into animal care andtraining as a career. The other two are middle ground, but both have. pets of their own- and some allergy symptoms- as adults.

My point is please don't criticize others for how they choose to manage their own- or their child's- allergies. Whichever a parent chooses, the child may appreciate or resent the choice later on. To keep your pet is a delicate decision to be based on many factors. Of course, serious asthma is dangerous, but mild allergies leave room for choice.

"its ghastly to me that people would abandoned their pets for what can be treated at an
allergist for little time and money."

Your logic is flawed and you obviously do not have allergies and/or asthma or a very minor case. Allergies for many is a lifelong event full of discomfort. Why someone would subject their child to even more discomfort by keeping the irritant fido around is beyond me. Why someone would subject their child to medicine which can have side effects when the resolution is much easier and safer is also ridiculous. When my child hurts, I hurt more. When he is sick, I wish I could be sick for him. And when he is in discomfort, I want to make him comfortable and if that means getting rid of the pets, so be it. Listen, I’m a pet lover but if you child develops allergies, you really need to put things into perspective – a human vs. a dog. The winner should be clear and being a parent should provide even more clarity.

Honestly, pets are just as much part of the family as our own children. We care for them in ways that are similar to our kids. I am due to have my first baby in August and I have a 7 month old puppy and believe me, I would not get rid of my puppy unless extreme circumstances called for it and even then, I would try everything I could to keep my dog. Yes, my child will be first, but at the same time, my puppy is considered a child of mine and will not disown it just because. And because of that, I don't believe it makes me a bad parent.

Raedo im appaled that you were allowed to be a parent as a dad of an adopted daughter that means more to me than anything and after trying to have my own for 12the years how efing dare you say some people shouldn't be parents and pets are as much of a family as a child and its ghastly to me that people would abandoned their pets for what can be treated at an allergist for little time and money.

Wow! i'm apalled that a parent would actually put their pet on the same level as their own flesh and blood. When it comes to your child they should ALWAYS be first, especially before an animal. I love my pets, but if my child is suffering my mothering instinct is to make my child feel better. I feel sorry for your child, because apparently you do not think that your child's needs come first before your pets... some people should not have children.

I love pets - we have 2 dogs and 2 cats and they're part of the family. However, should my son develop asthma and/or allergy symptoms, the pets are gone without second though. People who become offended at the idea of getting rid of a pet are reacting poorly and throwing medicine at allergies doesn't always work. As an asthmatic and someone with severe allergies symptoms since I turned five, I can firmly attest you're making your child miserable if you keep the irritant around. As a child walking into a house with pet dander would make me wheezy and itchy. Only in my adult life as my asthma symptoms are now controlled can I have pets in my house. I still get itchy eyes and skin around pets but I choose to live with it. Your child doesn't have that choice to make. Remember: child well being should trump all. There is nothing worse than having an itch that won't go away or not being able to take a full breath. You don't want your child to go through that - take my word for itit.

What horrible advice to suggest that your dog or cat find a new home!! Nothing makes me more upset than when a stranger tells me that "I guess the dogs don't get as much attention anymore", or "What if your baby is allergic." Our dogs and cat are as much a part of the family as our infant and we would never consider finding them a new home due to infant allergies. That is why there are allergy specialists. Apparently the Baby Center Medical Advisory Board does not agree with me.

I wish I had an answer to the above question, but I have the same question. My son has been wheezy since birth, has very glassy eyes, and sneezes quite frequently. At first, my husband and I thought it was a cold, but now that my son is 9 weeks old, I wonder if it is not allergies, and particularly allergies to my two dogs. Does anything have any advice?

Some encouragement for you - I know many allergists through my career, and there is accepted research out there that if babies are exposed to allergens such as pets since birth, they are significantly less likely to develop an allergy to these triggers. So, even with your boyfriend's reaction to cats, by bringing your baby home to a place where cats are pre-existing, you are actually making baby less likely to develop an allergy to your furry friends!

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